File:Megachile aurifrons sealing the nest with resin.jpg

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English: The Red-eyed Golden-browed Resin Bee (Megachile aurifrons) has stored pollen in the nesting hole as food for the egg that has been laid. It is now sealing the entrance to the nesting hole with resin created from macerating a leaf into a pulp.
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Source Megachile aurifrons, https://ausemade.com.au/flora-fauna/fauna/insects/megachile-aurifrons/
Author Colin Leel for Ausemade Pty Ltd (Colin Leel and Ausemade are one and the same, as he is the sole owner of Ausemade)

Photographed in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

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The Golden-browed Resin Bee (Megachile aurifrons) is sealing the nest with resin

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